Hi friends! Since it's been a minute and I haven't seen you yet this year, Happy New Year! We've had a nice break and I'm jumping back in to share my Valentine's Day porch with you today. The giant pink bow that I hung for Christmas is working overtime for Valentine's Day, too! (I'll share a tutorial for it in my next post.)
I have a set of faux topiaries that I only pull out this time of year until I can put my ferns out again, and this year I dropped them in my large urns. I wanted something valentine-y that I could add in with them. I looked around the craft store for options that were ready made or wouldn't take too much time to put together and could hold up to the weather, but came out without any great options. Then I stumbled across these cuties and thought they were perfect for what I had in mind!
They had a ribbon hanger on the top but I had a different plan and cut those off. They are flocked styrofoam and I wanted to make sure they could handle the weather so I dropped some water on one of them and let it sit for a while, and they held up perfectly. My plan was to stick them in the urns with the topiaries, so I picked up some dowel rods and carefully pushed them in to the base of the hearts.
With a bow added I think they're as cute as can be! I pulled some red and pink shatterproof ornaments back out of the Christmas tubs to cover the topiary pots and dirt.
more colors and size options linked here
Similar 18-24" Ginger Jars (mine are about 24")
I've had the tall skinny lanterns for years but they were bright green and I didn't use them very often. I repainted them a glossy red before Christmas and am loving them again! I added gold polka dot stickers to the pillar candles inside. The striped candles were from Ikea after Christmas last year but would be super easy to duplicate with this tape. This exact gingham rug isn't available any more and the red heart is from Hobby Lobby a few years ago but I think they still have it, I've linked some other cute Valentine's Day rugs below.
I got the porch all put together right before our winter storm hit, and this is how it looks right now! Everything held up in some pretty strong winds, sleet, and snow. I'll need to fluff it back up a bit after the snow melts. We got around 9 inches and thankfully not a lot of ice although the streets are slick, are you snowed in too?
I'll have a few other Valentine's Day posts to share with you coming up, but in my next post I'll share with you how I made the big bow. Look for that tomorrow, I'll see you then!
Valentine's Day Door Hangers
Valentine's Day Doormats
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